The story of FontanaArte and its natural relationship with glass and light coincides with the birth and growth of Italian design, pioneered by Gio Ponti and his instinctive promotion of a new cultural unity in the industrial age.
FontanaArte took form in 1932 as a way to nurture the imagination and inventiveness of new generations of architects, artists, and decorators with the material qualities and plasticity of glass. It was a period characterised by the recognition of industrial production as one of “the infinite possibilities of artistic expression”, especially in Milan.
This article was updated on 27-03-2026.
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